''Blue Yonder'' is the debut and sole studio album by American duo Blue Yonder, released by Atlantic in 1987. Two singles were released from the album: "Windsong" and "House of Love". "House of Love" was also recorded by American singer Maria Vidal for her 1987 self-titled debut album.

Critical reception

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'' praised Stewart's "intriguing vocals" for being "the chief asset of this debut album". They felt "Windsong" "might cut a radio groove" but added the album's "moody songs generally lack necessary momentum for chart longevity". ''

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'' praised the album's "powerful collection of good, honest songs" and added, "Stewart's vocals exhibit a passion that places her in a league with

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." Gary Graff of the '' Detroit Free Press'' described the album as "well-done, albeit same-sounding pop". ''

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'' picked ''Blue Yonder'' as one of their "albums of the week" on February 21, 1987.

Track listing

Personnel

Blue Yonder * Sandy Stewart – vocals, piano, synth, keyboards, percussion * David Munday – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, synth, piano, keyboards, percussion Additional musicians * Philippe Saisse – keyboards (tracks 1–2), programming (tracks 1–2), additional arrangements (tracks 1–2) * Kip Winger – bass guitar (tracks 1–2) * David Rosenberg – drums (tracks 1–2) * David Ruffy – drums (tracks 3, 5, 7–9) *

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– percussion (tracks 1, 6), drums (track 6) * Anthony Thistlethwaite – saxophone (tracks 3, 8) * Roddy Lorimer – trumpet (track 5) * Tim Saunders – tenor sax (track 5) * Simon Clarke – alto sax (track 5) * Tessa Niles, Linda Taylor, Ruby James – additional backing vocals (tracks 2, 7) * Steve Hogarth – backing vocals (track 6), additional backing vocals (track 9) * Graeme Pleeth – additional keyboards (track 8) * Max Edie – additional backing vocals (track 9) Production * John Brand – producer (all tracks), engineer (all tracks), mixing (all tracks) * Arif Mardin – producer (tracks 1–2), mixing (tracks 1–2) * Clive Martin – engineer (all tracks), mixing (all tracks) * Philippe Saisse – associate producer * Felix Kendall, Eddie Garcia, Tony Harris, Sandy McLelland, Gerrard Johnson – additional engineering * James Cassidy, Fiona Death, Jim Mark, Jon – assistant engineers Other * Laurence Dunmore – design * Russell Young – photography

References

{{reflist 1987 debut albums Atlantic Records albums Albums produced by Arif Mardin